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The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) Competitors

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$177.36 -1.28 (-0.72%)
As of 05/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

PNC vs. TFC, MTB, FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and SSB

Should you be buying The PNC Financial Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The PNC Financial Services Group include Truist Financial (TFC), M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and SouthState (SSB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

The PNC Financial Services Group vs.

The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) and Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Truist Financial received 146 more outperform votes than The PNC Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.94% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 52.75% of users gave Truist Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The PNC Financial Services GroupOutperform Votes
843
57.94%
Underperform Votes
612
42.06%
Truist FinancialOutperform Votes
989
52.75%
Underperform Votes
886
47.25%

The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 17.10% compared to Truist Financial's net margin of 15.59%. The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity of 11.12% beat Truist Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The PNC Financial Services Group17.10% 11.12% 1.06%
Truist Financial 15.59%9.32%1.00%

The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Truist Financial has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 45.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Truist Financial pays out 61.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. The PNC Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Truist Financial. Truist Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The PNC Financial Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The PNC Financial Services Group$21.11B3.33$5.89B$14.1612.57
Truist Financial$13.36B3.99$4.82B$3.3912.02

83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Truist Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Truist Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

The PNC Financial Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $202.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.87%. Truist Financial has a consensus price target of $47.83, suggesting a potential upside of 17.41%. Given Truist Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Truist Financial is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The PNC Financial Services Group
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
Truist Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 30 more articles in the media than Truist Financial. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 5 mentions for Truist Financial. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Truist Financial's score of -0.38 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The PNC Financial Services Group
27 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Truist Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

The PNC Financial Services Group beats Truist Financial on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PNC vs. The Competition

MetricThe PNC Financial Services GroupNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$70.42B$23.46B$11.63B$19.70B
Dividend Yield3.57%3.42%5.46%3.84%
P/E Ratio12.9513.1522.9135.19
Price / Sales3.332.9627.6034.12
Price / Cash11.9111.1617.6217.51
Price / Book1.301.222.854.79
Net Income$5.89B$2.17B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.13%-0.04%1.41%1.16%
1 Month Performance17.05%10.48%8.89%11.41%
1 Year Performance13.26%20.77%539.21%5.57%

The PNC Financial Services Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.994 of 5 stars
$177.36
-0.7%
$202.67
+14.3%
+12.9%$70.16B$21.11B12.9061,500Trending News
Insider Trade
TFC
Truist Financial
4.803 of 5 stars
$41.08
+5.3%
$48.06
+17.0%
+4.2%$53.84B$13.36B12.3552,600
MTB
M&T Bank
4.7847 of 5 stars
$185.00
+4.4%
$208.24
+12.6%
+21.9%$30.39B$9.30B12.6522,800Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.9947 of 5 stars
$1,937.64
+5.2%
$2,330.82
+20.3%
+8.8%$26.45B$9.65B10.2810,700Positive News
Gap Up
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9615 of 5 stars
$39.29
+5.2%
$46.24
+17.7%
+3.5%$26.27B$8.29B12.5319,300News Coverage
Positive News
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9675 of 5 stars
$15.94
+4.7%
$17.45
+9.4%
+13.8%$23.34B$7.55B12.9920,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
RF
Regions Financial
4.9034 of 5 stars
$22.26
+5.2%
$25.53
+14.7%
+11.9%$20.01B$7.12B11.4820,100Positive News
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9645 of 5 stars
$16.49
+6.4%
$18.97
+15.1%
+6.9%$18.09B$4.64B-55.0117,500Dividend Announcement
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.4618 of 5 stars
$96.03
+7.1%
$105.46
+9.8%
+23.5%$13.30B$2.62B11.543,160Positive News
Gap Up
FHN
First Horizon
4.4685 of 5 stars
$20.08
+4.1%
$22.03
+9.7%
+25.8%$10.19B$3.11B14.787,540Positive News
Gap Up
SSB
SouthState
4.9018 of 5 stars
$91.82
+3.5%
$116.60
+27.0%
+13.3%$9.33B$1.88B13.215,030Positive News

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